Don’t let Winter Darken Your Mood: 5 Ways to Brighten Your Day

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Flowers are nature’s perfectpick-me-ups. It doesn’t matter if the weather is gloomy and cold or you’re feeling down in the dumps, a few bright additions to your day can really transform your mood. Flowers are the key to a better mood by reducing anxiety and stimulating positive thoughts. They spark a sense of innovation and add liveliness and enthusiasm into your day.


Everyone needs a natural mood booster from time to time and there’s no better way to do so than with a healthy dose of flora. From bright daisies, to sunflowers, roses and tulips. Here are 5 ways you can brighten your day with flowers.  


1. Adding a ‘Pop’ of Colour to Your Day

One easy and effective way to change your mood is to brighten up your life with a little colour. Bright, fun colours provide a natural way to lift your spirits and definitely take the gloominess out of winter. Yellow flowers are perfect for this, with research to back up how the color yellow brightens your mood.

Adding bright yellow flowers to your room or office promise a happy, warm and cheerful environment. It’s also a popular colour for people who are recovering from an illness or operation. The colour yellow also promotes alertness by improving focus and stimulating brain activity. Other colours like blue flowers can be associated with calmness and relaxation, whilst green can be nurturing and encourage good health.  


2. Flowers and Your Morning Mood 


Even if you’re a morning person, it’s safe to say we can all suffer the morning blues from time to time – especially on a cold winter day. It turns out; the morning “blahs” is a real phenomenon with positive moods – happiness and warmth – manifesting much later in the day. In the early hours, most of us feel less positive and this can transform the mood onto other people too.

Adding colourful flowers to your morning routine can really perk you up and leave you feeling less anxious. They’re not just a natural mood booster, but a dose of fresh flowers can actually enhance your energy levels ensuring you’re more refreshed for the day ahead. If spending time with you family in the morning is in your schedule, why not put a bunch of fresh flowers in the kitchen where you gather? This can make a big difference to your morning mood despite what side of the bed you wake up on!


3. Stimulates Creativity

The scent flowers give off actually helps to awaken the senses in us and stir those creative energies. Depending on the flower and fragrance choice, your thought process can actually be improved making it easier to concentrate and apply yourself to creative expression.

Have you ever heard the saying ‘stop to smell the flowers’? Well, the science behind olfactory stimulation (when your brain waves and moods change) shows that by stopping to breath in the aroma of flowers, the particles that make up that aroma are detected in the part of the brain that governs your emotions. This tends to have an instantaneous effect on your mood and emotions which can inspire you and improve your learning abilities.


4. That Fresh New Look


If you’re home or office space is lacking appeal, decorating with flowers can instantly improve the look and feel of your room (without having to splurge out hundreds of dollars). Forget repainting walls, remodelling rooms or buying new furniture, experiment with flower designs, arrangements and colours to brighten your mood – and your space.

Whilst there is an art to displaying flowers creatively, there is no limit to your imagination and style. Plan your arrangements around the seasons and focus on colours that reflect your lifestyle and complement your existing décor. Contrasting colour can be great for sparking visual interest, and instead of using flowers as a centrepiece why not consider individual arrangement at each place setting when entertaining – it’s totally unexpected. For a longer term flower display, bring the concept of window boxes and plant or buy new flowers for each season.


5. Better Air Flow and Health Benefits

Plants are flowers produce one very essential thing – oxygen, which significantly improves the air quality of your home or office environment. The more flowers you have around you the better your breathing will be and thus, you’ll create a relaxing and peaceful atmosphere.

Strategically place a few flower arrangements in certain rooms. This can help to distribute the oxygen production more evenly. With improved breathing your overall health is naturally improved. The emotional health benefits flowers provide, as mentioned above, allow your depressed or anxious thoughts, and feelings of stress change to something more positive and brighter. Emotional health has a huge impact on the physical state of our bodies, so using flowers to decorate your room (and your day) can improve your life in many ways.
Author Bio: This article is written by Jayde Ferguson, who writes for A Touch of Class – Perth based florists with a difference, sourcing only the freshest flowers daily with delivery 6 days a week. You can catch her on Google+.

46 thoughts on “Don’t let Winter Darken Your Mood: 5 Ways to Brighten Your Day”

  1. Dana Langa

    I love flowers, I have a beautiful garden every summer and I always bring fresh cut flowers into the house.

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